STUDENTS

Across the country, colleges are hiking fees and slashing programs just to stay alive. On March 4, students protested at campuses in 30 states.

President Obama’s plan for direct student lending would save $87 billion dollars going to subsidize the losses of Wall Street banks and give money to schools. But unless the Senate passes it at the same time they deal with health care, it won’t pass for another year.

The Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act was included in Senate reconciliation instructions for 2009, just like health care. It can pass the Senate with only 50 votes, but only if the House and Senate act now — at the same time they vote on health care.

Tell Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to pass student loan reform now.

BANKS

The bailed out bankers of Citigroup, JP Morgan and Sallie Mae are back again — and they’ve got their eye on money that should go to students struggling to get an education.

LEARN

President Obama’s direct student lending proposal, or HR 3221, would cut out the banks as middle-men in the student lending business, saving billions of dollars in education and making higher education more accessible by lowering costs.

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